104 



and is the specimen described by Mr. Waterhouse in Mammalia, i. 

 p. 268. The other specimen there indicated as being in the British 

 Museum is a young C. maculatus. 



In Lesson's figure hi Cent. Zool. t. 10, it is represented as uniform 

 blackish-brown, with rather large white-edged ears ! 



The larger size of the teeth and the flatness of the forehead at 

 once separate this from C. maculatus. 



3. CUSCUS ORIENTALIS (PI. LXL). 



Ears produced beyond the fur, naked internally ; forehead con- 

 cave. Male white. Female pale reddish-brown, with a darker 

 longitudinal streak ; skull with a narrow concave forehead ; grinders 

 moderate. 



2 S Phalangista cavifrons, Temm. Monog. i. 17. 

 2 6 Cuseus orientalis, Gray, List Mam. B.M. 84. 



2 <S Phalangista (Cuscus) orientalis, Waterh. Mamm. i. 279. 



3 Coescoes, Valentyn, Omst. in Amboyna, iii. 272. 

 Phalanger, Penn. Quad. ii. 27. 



3 Didelphis orientalis, Pallas, Misc. Zool. 59 ; Schreb. Saugth. 

 iii. 550. t. 152. 



6 Cuseus Amboinensis, Lacep. 



c? Phalangista alba, Geoff. Cat. Mus. 



<3 Cuseus albus, Lesson & Garnot, Voy. Coq. Zool. i. 158. t. 6. 



c? Balantia orientalis, Illiger, Prod. 78. 



2 Phalangista rufa, Geoff. Cat. Mus. ; Desm. N. D. H. N. xxv. 

 473. 



2 Phalanger, female, Buffon, H.N. xiii. t. 10. 

 Cuscus Quoyii, Lesson, Mam. 226. 



Phalangista Quoy, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Uranie, Zool. 58. t. 6 1 1 

 Phalangista Quoy, Temm. Mon. Mamm. i. 17. 

 Phalangista Pajpuensis, Desm. Mam. Supp. ii. 541 ; Bull. Sci. 

 Nat. iii. 64. 



Phalangista (Cuscus) macula t a, part., Waterhouse, Mam. i. 275. 

 ? Cuscus albus, Lesson, Voy. Coq. t. 6, J ? 



Of this species we have in the British Museum — 



1. Adult male, from New Ireland, procured from M. Verreaux of 

 Paris ; said to have come from one of the expeditions. Pure white ; 

 throat yellow ; feet nearly bald. 



2. A nearly adult male, from the old collection, said to have come 

 from Amboyna. White. 



3. Young male ? Uniform pale brownish-yellow ; throat, chest 

 and belly whiter. From island of Waygeroo ; procured from M. Ver- 

 reaux of Paris. 



4. Adult female : ashy-brown, glistened with silvery ; throat, 

 chest and belly pure white ; back with a narrow uniform longitudinal 

 streak. This is sent as Cuscus Quoyii, Lesson, Mam. 220 ; Ph. 

 Papuensis of Desmarest, Supp. The figure of M. Gaimard's animal 



